Welcome to Castleton Historical Society’s website

Future Events

Next Meeting
The programme of meetings for 2026 will now available to view here.
At our next meeting on May 21, our speaker will be Kate Faulks who will give a talk on the Commissioner Churches of 19th Century Sheffield.

… The talk will particularly focus upon the lives of those whose stories are most difficult to find; women, and particularly widows.

For a detailed description of this fascinating talk please follow this link.

This talk will explore the lives of the working-class families who were buried in one of Sheffield’s four Anglican Commissioner Churches. …It explores the many choices they made, both in life and in deciding how to bury their loved ones…

Castleton Historical Society holds regular meetings on the third Thursday of each month, except for August and December. Our meetings are held at the Peveril Centre, Methodist Church on Buxton Road in Castleton and our programme of talks can be viewed here. Visitors are always welcome to attend for a small charge (£3) which includes hot drinks and biscuits.

  • The Stones
  • Wrays Store
  • Waterside
  • Sydgate
  • Hancocks Stores, Cross St.

Closure of Castleton Museum
With great sadness, CHS announces the closure of Castleton Museum, which has been housed within Castleton Visitor Centre for over 20 years.  The space occupied by the Museum’s displays will become available for commercial use next year. A small area will be reserved for wall-mounted displays.  Some of the archive of documents, photographs and artefacts will continue to be stored on site for establishing and renewing the new display area but much of the collection will be dispersed.
More details of this development can be seen here.

The Village of Castleton
Castleton developed as a settlement in the 12th century when the Norman fortress of Peveril Castle was built there. Articles on the history of Castleton can be found here and some photos from our collection are shown below.

Castleton Historical Society
Castleton Historical Society is a voluntary group who promote the history of the Village with a programme of talks, events, displays and local history research. CHS is responsible for establishing and continuing to curate an archive of documents, photographs and artefacts relating to the history of Castleton.

In recent years, the Society has participated in a number of ongoing archaeological digs. More information about our meetings, research and archaeological activities, publications and events are described on this website. New members are always welcome.